MOVES to get people off benefits and into jobs in Rhyl were praised by a Government minister.
A pilot scheme by the Department of Work and Pensions aims to boost employment in some of the most deprived parts of the town.
And the town’s efforts to rise to the challenge have since been praised by Work and Pensions Secretary JohnHutton.
Rhyl is one of 15 spots throughout the UK to pilot the City Strategy scheme, which encourages more training within those towns. The town was allocated £317,000 to start the scheme but money saved from not handing out benefits could go to help the scheme in future.
It was successfully piloted since last May, with longer-term targets to be drawn up by the end of the month.
Mr Hutton said the Rhyl group “had developed and demonstrated a genuine understanding of the challenges facing the local area and that they had approached the initiative with energy and enthusiasm.”
Councillor Rhiannon Hughes, council leader and Lead Member for Regeneration said: “The City Strategy initiative in Rhyl supports the whole of our Rhyl Going Forward project of regeneration.
“Already people can see the difference in Rhyl’s physical infrastructure with the new Drift Park, as well as other capital projects such as work on the Foryd Harbour, and these will run alongside people-centred projects such as the City Strategy initiative.”
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